Government orders probe into Tata Nexon EV fire incident in Mumbai
The government has ordered a probe into Tata Motors’ Nexon EV fire incident in Mumbai, as the company was investigating the “isolated thermal incident”.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which was earlier tasked with investigating electric two-wheeler fire incidents by the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry, would lead the probe into Nexon EV fire too.
The DRDO probe had found serious defects in the batteries. These defects occurred because the electric two-wheeler manufacturers like Okinawa Autotech, Pure EV, Jitendra Electric Vehicles, Ola Electric and Boom Motors may have used “lower-grade materials to cut costs”.
